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US 9,452,553 · App. 13/502,602 · Granted Sep 27, 2016

Surface structure of article

Inventors: Akane Motofuji (Sagamihara, JP); Makoto Tamuraya (Isehara, JP); Takashi Takeuchi (Atsugi, JP); Hideo Fujimoto (Nagoya, JP); Akihito Sano (Nagoya, JP); Hiromi Mochiyama (Nagoya, JP); Naoyuki Takesue (Nagoya, JP); Yoshihiro Tanaka (Nagoya, JP)
Assignees: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
B29C33/3857B29C33/424B29C41/18B29C2059/023B29K2995/0094B29L2031/3005Y10T428/24479
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Patent No.
US 9,452,553
App. No.
13/502,602
Granted
Sep 27, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a surface structure of an article ( 1 ) including multiple protrusions ( 3 ) on the surface. A height H of the protrusions ( 3 ) is equal to or larger than 5 μm, and equal to or smaller than 32 μm, as well as at least one of a distance P between each two neighboring protrusions ( 3 ) and a distance W between each neighboring two of recesses ( 5 ) formed between the protrusions ( 3 ) is larger than the height H of the protrusions ( 3 ).

Claims (16)

1. A surface structure of an article comprising, on an exposed surface, a plurality of hemispherical protrusions satisfying conditions (1), (2), and (3) given below:

(1) a height H of the protrusions is equal to or larger than 5 μm, and equal to or smaller than 32 μm;

(2) a ratio H/P between the height H of the protrusions and a distance P between centers of two neighboring protrusions is in a range of 1/5 to 1/2, and

(3) a frictional coefficient between a human finger and the exposed surface is within a range of 0.55±0.15.

2. A surface structure of an article comprising, on an exposed surface, a plurality of hemispherical protrusions satisfying conditions (1), (2), and (3) given below:

(1) a height H of the protrusions is equal to or larger than 5 μm, and equal to or smaller than 32 μm;

(2) a ratio H/W between the height H of the protrusions and a distance W between centers of two neighboring recesses formed between the protrusions is in a range of 1/5 to 1/2, and

(3) a frictional coefficient between a human finger and the exposed surface is within a range of 0.55±0.15.

3. The surface structure of claim 1 , wherein:

at least one of the distance P between the centers of two neighboring protrusions or a distance W between centers of two neighboring recesses formed between the protrusions is larger than the height H of the protrusions.

4. The surface structure of claim 2 , wherein:

at least one of a distance P between centers of two neighboring protrusions or the distance W between the centers of two neighboring recesses is larger than the height H of the protrusions.

5. The surface structure of claim 1 , wherein:

the distance P between the centers of two neighboring protrusions is equivalent to a distance W between centers of two neighboring recesses formed between the protrusions.

6. The surface structure of claim 2 , wherein:

a distance P between centers of two neighboring protrusions is equivalent to the distance W between the centers of two neighboring recesses.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2012
From: MOTOFUJI, AKANE; TAMURAYA, MAKOTO; TAKEUCHI, TAKASHI; FUJIMOTO, HIDEO; SANO, AKIHITO; MOCHIYAMA, HIROMI; TAKESUE, NAOYUKI; TANAKA, YOSHIHIRO
To: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2009-241219 · Oct 20, 2009 · national
JP 2010-161867 · Jul 16, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120202009A1 · Aug 9, 2012